This dissertation presents a high sensitivity pressure transducer, developed for biomedical applications. The transducer is based on a Giant Magnetoimpedance (GMI) sensor previously developed at the Laboratory of Biometrology of PUC-Rio. Knowing the main characteristics of the phenomenon and of the GMI strips used, the configuration which should yield the highest possible sensitivity has been implemented. Even though some enhancements in the acoustic characteristics of the transducer are still necessary, it was already possible to record the carotid arterial pulse. Comparing the transducer herein presented with other pressure transducers also destined to biomedical applications, it already has a sensitivity of the same order of magnitude or even higher.